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The Opelousas courier., 1887-02-05
AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
Feeding Pumpkins to Swine.

Pumpkins, like wheat bran, are useful
adjuncts to the more concentrated kinds
of food, but alone cannot be depended
upon for fattening purposes. Hogs in
process of fattening should be filed up
with a good meal of corn before the
pumpkin is given, otherwise they will
eat too much pumpkin in proportion to
the corn. By all means cut open the
pumpkins and remove the seeds before
feeding, as large quantities OF pumpkin
ly. Amy change during the feeding sea.
son should be from light to heavier and
more nutritious food never the reverse
While gradually increasing the quantity
of fattening food, do not give more than
the animals will eat up clean, and let the
rations be at regular hours-early in the
morning, at noon and late in the even
ing.-New York Wuald.
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i Healthy Mans rally Food.

The amount Of food Vrequired by d
healthy adult, says DR.. II. M. Hodges.
will surprise most persons, even those
who are good feeders. While this varies
with the work performed, the heat or
cold Of the weather, and the condition
and quality of the food taken, it has
been estimated that, III the case Of q man
Id health and Of average size, the total
daily ration should weigh six pounds,
thirteen ounces, 12S grains, Of which
one pound, four ounce, aI5 grains, con-
sisk of dry food substance, the remain.
ing five and half ponds being water.
This might be furnished BY d mixed
diet be the following foods:
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The modern tendency to run iowa,

The modern tendency to run toward
extremes finds a fresh illustration in the
report that the cattle business of the
West has been overdone, and numbers
j Of American and English investors pro-
EoIp to sell out and enter into undertak-
ings more promising Of profit. In GER
tain sections, Wyoming for instance,
cattle have 30 multiplied that the bunch
grass, their natural and inexpensive food,
has been nearly destroyed, and the risks
and cost of maintaining herds have been
corfespondingly enhanced. A few years
ago buffalo were abundant on the plams.
but constant hunting and indiscrimina-
ted slaughter have wellnigh extermiRa-
ted shem aid they are about as as
their former contemporaffes, the wild
horses. Eastesa trout and salmon
streams cggeept in remote regions, were
long slSce fshed empty. The ivory
hnntesjhave nearly killed off the Asiatic
elep hts. and the great beasts are nu-
asonly in the interior of Africa, and
there their relentless enemies are
pursuing them. Civilization
has sone accomplishments hardly to be
regarded as IN the line of prudence and
common sense. and the old parable about
killing the goose that laid the golden
egg includes q moral very applicable to
the present age.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-02-05

Joan Doane, of Wagon Wheel, Idaho,
died recently, and his mother, a widow,
and his two unmarried sisters went to
fhestoWn to attend the funeral, and re-
NAMED to look after his property. They
were the only unmarried women in the
place, and before the flowers had with
cred on Johns grave the widow had
been married to the Mayor Of the town,
the elder sister to the Sheriff, and the
Younger to a prominent citizen. The
three weddings were held at the same
time, and all Of the town attended.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-02-05
Japan's Industries.

japanese industries, although in many
cases their origin may be traced back TO
emma and Gorea, have changed some
what IN recent years. but they have mot
been sufficiently developed to be carried
on as q rule, IN what we call manufae-
turing establishments. They are mostly
conducted IN small workshops. with no..
slbly the aid Of primitive water wheel
fan-making, and the manufacture Of nor.
celaln paper, pigments aud Iacouers.
constituting alarse norton ofIbe whoIa
The Opelousas courier., 1887-02-05
FRIENDSHIP

AS the day declines to even,
Falling in the arms of night,
One by one the stars of heaven
Shed on earth their constant light.
So when LIES bright sun is hidden
By the heavy gloom of woe,
True friends like the stars, unbidden,
One by one their Iustre show.
Barry Lyndon, in the Chicago Current.
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The Rio Bravo Land and Cattle Com

The Rio Bravo Land and Cattle Com
pany has leased for n~inety-nine years a
tract of land in Mexico, 100 miles long
by six miles wide, for $500. 600. The
land extends from a point fifty miles
from Paso del Norte. down the Rio
Grande, parallel with its course 1G0
miles. A monster cattle ranch is to be
established on the tract.
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80 aI0ne and ia tea cofTee. beer,

$500 *sss*.ss*uO4 OZ
Although these quantities will contain
about one poand five and three-quarter
ounces Of dry substance, though they
weigh IN all six pounds I45 ounces.
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A Reward of One Huadrsd Dollar

II OFFERED by the Central st. Landry Protactivs
Il Live Stock Ass o~ciation, for evidence that viii lead
to the apprehension and conviction of any persons
guilty OF cutting wire fences or stealing horses or cat.
tie belonging to any member of said Association "A
record OF the brands OF members of the Assooiation
mich, in Bellevue. or as the Clerks Office in Opeionsas
1. L. eHurE A. DIMMIGK, See'y.
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DARN a WASP"
Thus Concludes q Norwich Naturalist
Whom the Insects Worsted.


Thus Concludes q Norwich Naturalist
Whom the Insects Worsted.
From the Nor1cich Bulletin
Norwich naturalist who was out for birds a
day or two ago became imbued with the Napo-
leonic idea that he could route whole colony
of wasps at a blow He was not long in finding
a stone and putting it through their paper nest /;
and the wasps were not long in finding him.
The first tck!ed him right over the left eye, and
absorbed his attention that he could not
tell where the rest struck him. His legs and
arms worked like the bars in thTeshing ma
chine, and he rolled On the earth like an ant
eater asSaied by bees When he thought he had
rolled three miles, he felt himself drop
several feet, and then he struck
stump and stopped. For a mo-
ment he couldn't decide what to do He
couldn't tell whether il were better TO lie still or
get up. One eye was entirely out of use, but he
cautiously uncovered the other eye and viewed
his surroundings. He was pOcketed between
an offset wall and tree, and the wasps had not
been able to follow his trail. He was not look
ing for them He felt that home would be more
congenial to him, and went at once But he
carried an eve with him that no one looked
upon with envy The infamed eyelid protruded
like gall upon an oak leaf, and had more fire
in it than toy pistol. He hasn't had time to
investigate to see what became of the wasps.
He hasn't had time, yet, to make that eye look
respectable But he has thought little upon
the subject of wasps, and SAYS: Darn a wasp.
See it, but never try to go it one better. For
Won can'rtN
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The Farmers Convention.

The Interstate Farmers Convention at
Atlanta is not only wen attended, but it is
discussing subjects that are of very great
interest to Southern farmers. It can hardly
fail to be productive Of beneficial results.
The proceedings are quite fully reported and
are given wide circulation by the press. IL
will be strange, indeed, if some of the many
valuable suggestions which crop out in the
speeches and essays are not utilized
The agricultural interest is the great one
in the South, and yet in the last quarter of
a century it has shown less development
than any other. The reason of this is,
doubtless, the difficulty in breaking away
from the old methods of farming, which
were based upon different kind of labor
than that which exists at present There
are, however, gratifying evidences of
changes, and where these changes are
the most marked there the indications of
prosperity are the greatest. One of the es-
says read before the convention dealt with
diversified farming, and it is safe to say
that the Southern farmers are now raising
their own supplies to greater
extent than ever before. The all-cottou
method, under the growing belief that de
pendence upon the West for food supplies
means a constant struggle with poverty, is
gradually giving way to the diversified
method The time may not be very distant
when the South will be independent of the
West. Even now it is not uncommon to
hear Of farmers making good crops of hay
in localities where a comparatively few
years ago no hay whatever was produced.
Senator Colquitt, in his speech on Wednes-
day, spoke few wise words about the tariff
He made it plain that it was TO the interest
of the farmers that the tariff should be re-
duced- The government does not need all
the money which the tariff produces The
present high tariff increases the cost of the
necessaries of life, and of much of the ma
chinery, and many Of the implements needed
upon the farms, thus imposing unnecessary
burdens upon the farmers.
Mr.. Henderson, the Commissioner of
Agriculture of this State with whom the
idea of this interstate convention origi-
mated, doubtless feels great satisfaction in the
success of the convention, and in the pros
pect that much good will flow from it.
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&c ChanRed His Mind.

From the World 5 saratoga Letter.
Mr.. Ben Wood fell into the mood reminiscent
last night, as he sat on the front portico of the
Grant onion slowly smoking goodnight cigar
Il will never forget the first time l saw my
parue in print, he said. Il was lad of p, and
Fairly popular in the ward where lived in New
York primary was about to be held for the
bad held the Office long time had earned the
ill-wil of friend Of mine, who asked me to
help him get enough votes to nominate another
man in the place of the offending Magistrate
| did so, and my man received the nomination
The next morning. as left the house, took MP
the New YORK Herald, and in the first editorial
column was a reference to the meeting of
the night before. and q suggestion that
the change of nom nees had been brought
aDOut by coerciou, in the form of a man
named Wood, who had gone TO the primary
leading gang of ruffians, who forced the re-
suit. | grew pale with anger. Riding down
town in the stage with a mind fully made up to
cowhide Bennett. Thought was recognized by
every man that looked az me as the leader of
ruffianly gang. | reached the Herald office. in
quired for Mr.. Bennett and was soon shown
into the august presence. Producing the paper
| said quiYerIng with rage; Did you write
that He glanced at the para graph, and with
out vouchsafing word pulled two or three bell
cords. Three of his aids c4me in. Then. turn
ing TO me, he stid in his broad Scotch: Is your
name woodg How old are your Twenty one, Ell?
Only 81 Well, sir. you ought to be the proudest
young man in this big city to-day TO have made
yourself the subject of editorial reference in
the New York Herald. l suppose you have
come to thank me- In five minutes / left the
Office, feeling that | was the biggest boy in
town and Bennett my. warmest admirer. The
old fellow was q smart one. -
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TO ENCOURAGE BABIES.
Gov. Hill, of New York, Raises the Cleve-
land Prize SIS Better.
From the Baltimore 4nseriedR.

From the Baltimore american
wAsHNGroS, Aug. 1.-THE fair, which is to
be held next month in the little village OF East
Aurora, N. Y, is attracting far more attention
ia all sections Of the country than events of this
kind usually do. The reason is obvious. The
President of the Association knows an adver-
tlsement when he sees il, and he makes the
most Of one when he gets IL. The so gold piece
which President Cleveland contributed as a
prize for the best set of tripets has been framed
and Is attracting great deal of attention IN
Buffalo. where il is on exhibition in one OF the
show windows. The fact that the prize Is Of
fered by the President has attracted several
mothers who are the happy possesSors of three
of kind. - and the indications now are that the
East Aurora fair of 1887 will draw the biggest
crowd Of triplets ever seen in one country be-
fore.
One of the gentlemen interested in this unique
country fair Is in Washington this week He
says that the color line is not to be drawn, but
that special inducements are TO be offered TO the
cOlOred people of Western New York TO exhibit.
Governor Hill has seen Cleveland S ten and goes
him fifteen better. The Governor has contrIbu-
ted S25, which is 10 be given to the best pair of
colored twins sent for exhibition. II is thought
that this is q shrewd move on the part of the
Chief Magistrate of the Empire State to head of
the prestige Of the appointment of Mr.. Trotter
as recorder of deeds of the District of Columbia
by the President Governor HUI Is known to be
very friendly toward the colored population of
New York, and il is doubtless in the hope that
ne can VIII still more supporters among the race
that he offers this prize for colored twins.
This gentleman says that the indications are
now that the East Aurora Fair will draw an i'm
mense crowd Of visitors from all over the re-
gion contiguous to Western New York as there
are many men who have been prominent in the
affairs of the country who were educated in
that little village. The couple who are to be
married on the grounds will have an excellent
start in life for besides the furniture which has
been offered as an inducement, there have since
been promised several tons of farm produce,
besides subscriptions to various newspapers, a
village cart and s. worth Of phosphate
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The Terrapin Bill.

The bill for the protection of terrapiIs,
which was introduced into the House by
Representative Smith, and which passed the
House with scarcely any opposition, was
framed by DR.. Oemler, of. Wilmington
Island. There is no reason to doubt that it
will be passed by the Senate The bill pro-
vides that terrapins shall not be caught
before July 25, but DR.. Oemler thinks that
the prohibition should be extended TO Aug
30 In support of his position he says his
attention was lately called to statement
respecting some terrapins which were
picked no on St Sinon's Island after July
Is. They contained both mature and i'm
mature eggs.
But the pending bill will be great pro-
lection TO terrapins, and if it becomes law
and is rigidly enforced, there is every rea-
son TO believe they will become plentiful
again in the waters of this part of the
State.
Few realize who have not given attention
to the matter how destructive to terrapins
the practice of catching them at all seasons
is 4 statement was lately made TO DR.. Gem
Ter that as many as 1000 eggs had been
taken out of a terrapin pen in this vicinity
in a single morning, and that one dealer
has now in his pen 10000 small,
comparatively worthless female terrapins,
and they will be kept there until about Nov.
!. The pending bill viii do a great deal of
good if it becomes a law, but Dr. Oemler
expresses the opinion that it would do much
more good if it prohibited the taking of ter
rapins before Aug. 20.
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The Peace Union and the Military

The Philadelphia Press publishes a syn
Opsis Of a communication from the Philadel-
phia Peace Union to the Constitutional
Commission, Directing to preference being
given military organizations in the grand
demonstration in conjunction with the Con-
stitutional Centennial ceebration In the
communication, says the Press, President
Alfred Fl. Love and others of the Union ask
whether great injustice is not done the in
dustries of the country in placing a limit to
them and giving an unlimited opportunity
for the exhibition of military and war
like preparations They claim that this
bringing together of fighting men-warriors
decked in the gaudy habiliments of their
profession, with deadly weapons hung about
them-is not in harmony with the spirit and
purposes of the Constitution nor of the dis
tinguished and beloved trainers of that in
strument of unity and concord" 1t is sug-
gested by the Union that instead of allow
ing the celebration to be a mere display of
military and other power, that it be made
an occasion of some achievement of lasting
aiding the Commission the Union
suggests a demonstration in favor
of national and international arbitration.
the donation of the money to be spent on the
military display to relief fund providing
against calamities by fire, pestilence,
famine, or any other great public calamity.
President Love and his associates seem to
forget that war was the agency by which
Independence of England was gained and
the republic founded. If they remember
the fact, their suggestions indicate a great
lack of appreciation of military organiza
tons Arbitration as a means of settling
differences between nations is TO be com
meuded, but there are times when, to pre-
serve the national honor, not to mention
life and property, it is necessary to fight
This being true, military organizations
should be maintained, and their presence at
the Constitutional celebration will be alto
gether appropriate.
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Prigs in Parliament.
Correspondence Netc York Times

The badger batting instincts of the young
English 'gentlemanH have full play here
Night after night some dozen of these aristo-
cratic billiards come IN after dinner and take
their places on the front bench nearest to the
Irishnen opposite. They are mostly in evening
Dress with roses in their buttonholes and an
insolent, vinous grin on their faces. The
moment any Irish member gets up to speak
these gentry begin to laugh. or jeer, or say,
'-Dividel divide divide ~ in unison, as rapidly
as they can. They vary this from time TO time
by saying audibly among themselves, What a
cad - Who's his tailgr. | wonder and things
Of that sort There IS in all this only she nat
ural expression of instincts which have been
bred in these cubs by generations of rdt-l1lng.
dog-fighting. fox-hunting badger batting ances-
tors These young fellows know nothing be
youd the noble range of what they call sport.
If any one of this dozen-types Of 10, o00-vere
asked suddenly who Katkof or Jules Ferry was
he would look at You in surprise He knows the
names and record Of racing horses; he knows
the masters of the hunts. the best cricke;erS
the owners Of the crack yachts lie does not
know what century Chaucer ivsd in. but he
knows that you may shoot grouse after Aug. -
He is in Parliament because IL is the right sort
Of thing to do, but of the merits or demerits of
the measure discussed he knows and cares
nothing He is annoyed at government Keeping
the session going through the summer, while he
might be having sport IN the country. He re-
venges himself by badgering the lrishmen on
the seats opposite. II be cannot put his terriers
into the t-pit he can insult Parnellites.
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ANNUAL SPECIAL EDITION
OF THE
Savannah Morning News
AND The
Savannah Weekly News,
TO BE-
ISSUED ON SEPTEMBER I'd, 1ss7.

The Annual Special Edition OF the DAILY
and WEEKLY NEWS will be issued Sept. 3, 1t
will contain a complete and comprehensive
review of the trade Of the city for the past year
and will show the progress the city has made in
everything that helps 70 make up its wealth ami
that contributes 10 its prosperity.
The facts relating to cotton. naval stores and
the different branches of the city's wholesale
trade will be so presented as to give clear idea
of the city's business for the year ending Sept l.
The business men Of Savannah cannot make a
better investment than by buying copies Of the
MORNING News Annual Special Edition and
sending them to their friends and correspon-
dents A newspaper like this Special Edition,
containing an accurate account of the business
Of this city, is the best advertisement of the
energy and activity of the people of Savannah
Every citizen, whether he is capitalist, mer-
chant, manufacturer, mechanic or man of leis-
is making, and in presenting TO the world the
Inducements which it offers to those who are
seeking homes in the South
This Special Edition will be sent to all sub
scribers of the DAILY and WEEKLY News, and a
large number of extra copies viii be mailed,
thoroughly covering the territory tributary to
Savannah
Advertisers will find this Special Edition Of
great value, and space in its columns can be OBJ
tanned upon application to the Business Office,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-19

A few days ago the MORNING News
noted the fact that railroad builders in
Washington Territory were about to send
South for negro laborers. Commenting.
the Chattanooga Times says: Perhaps if
we could manage to get rid of the whole
race--Sambo, Jumbo, Quimbo, Dinah and
the picaninnies, we could replace them with
something a good deal more satisfactory.
What do you say, MORNING NEWS, TO a
trial for a wholesale exodusF' The MORN
ING News is not disposed to join in such a
trial When the negroes learn, as they are
rapidly doing, that the Southern people are
their best friends, it will be difficult to find
a more satisfactory class of laborers than
they.
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Buffalo Bill intends TO teach his high and
mighty acquaintance in London how get
drunk according to the most approved
American method. He proposes TO attach a
typical American bar to bis Wild West show,
and has sent 10 Omaha for a noted bar
keeper to TAKE charge of it. II is likely that
Buffalo Bits high and mighty aeqaaint-
nnces wild now thank him more Of brick
than ever.
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NDEI TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

MEErrxes-Pulaski Council No l53, R. A.
Myrtle Lodge No. 6, h P; Landrum Lodge No.
Is F. & A NJ
SPECIAL Nor1cEs-To Water Takers; Choice
Apples L Putzel
Wrsrc. Sr,rroxERY. Erc.-L & B. 5. NJ. Fl.
AUCTION SALE-Furniture Etc, by J. Nc
Laughliu & Son
HorsE FoR SALE-In Griffin. Ga
CHEAP CoLUNN ADvERTlsEMENTs- W ant
ed: Employment Wanted; For Rent; For Sale;
Miscellaneous.
IxsrRASCE-The New York Life Insurance Co.
OFETc1AL-City Ordinance.
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A Memory.
From the SoBseTTiile Journal.

l.
Iwonder II she can remember,
As do, tonight,
That evening, in early September,
OF perfect delight.
II.
Together we rowed on the river.
Borne on by the tide;
Ny heart was ready To give her,
My fortune beside.
III.
But alas soon learned that another
Had captured my Rose,
SO my passion managed to smother
And didn't propose.
W.
And Il may be she doesn't remembei
That fond episode;
For that evening IN early September
She rode-but I rotred.
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The Washington correspondent of the
New Orleans HcaylsRe says that notwith-
standing the recent reports TO the effect that
Judge Pettus, of Alabama. and not Secre-
tary Lamar, is to be appointed the successor
to the late Justice Woods, of the Supreme
Court, friends of Secretary Lamar are sill
confident that he will receive the appoint
ment A gentleman who is very close to
the Secretary said recently: There is no
doubt whatever in my mind about the mat
ter. Secretary Lamar is going to leave the
Cabinet for the Supreme bench. 1t is trus.
perhaps, that the President has said moth
ing to the Secretary on the subject but the
work has been done by the Secretary's
friends, and the best posted men who have
been looking into the situation are confident
that this will be the case.
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The Effect of Protection.
From the GaIreston " IN.

From the Galveston Nelrs (DeR-l
protection organ, explaining the great emf
grafton from Germany, attributes it largely to
the fast increasing stagnation Of trade and in
dustrles throughout the empire If all that
the paper claims for the tariff be true, there
should, as the Chicago Times suggests, be no
stagnatton Of trade and industries in country
that has all the tariff it can possibly want.